New post: Backpacking Blackjack Ridge and Cradle Lake in Washington's Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest last July.

This past January, we spent a 3-day weekend hiking it Death Valley National Park. It was perfect hiking weather, with many excellent sunrises and sunsets.

Just posted: our August and September hike of the Tour of the Écrins (GR54) - www.shoulderseason.net/2026/04/19/t...

The #Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources recently released the text of a spending bill that would mandate the sale of up to 3.2 million acres of national #publiclands. If this bill becomes law, national public lands would be sold in 11 western states, including #Washington.

The Trump Administration is killing investments in U.S. competitiveness, good jobs & cleaner air to support tax cuts & line the pockets of billionaires.

Ten years ago today, we were in Scotland - our first international trip together.

WTA's policy and planning manager Michael DeCramer has traded out his hiking boots for a suit and traveled to Washington, D.C. on behalf of the thousands of hikers who've called for last week's mass firings of #ForestService and #NationalParkService firings to be reversed. Learn how you can help 🌲

Trump's attacks on the National Park Service—including firing 1000 National Park Service workers—will only bring chaos and confusion to our parks and their millions of visitors. National parks preserve our country’s nature, heritage, and history. We must save them, not sabotage them.

Finally sharing notes on our 10-day hike around the Bernina Massif in the Alps of Switzerland and Italy in 2021! www.shoulderseason.net/2024/11/28/t...